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bawd⋅ry

  [baw-dree]
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–noun
1. Archaic. lewdness; obscenity; bawdiness.
2. Obsolete.
a. the business of a prostitute.
b. illicit intercourse; fornication.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME bawdery. See bawd, -ery
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bawd·ry   (bô'drē)   
n.  Risqué, coarse, or obscene language.

[Middle English bawdery, pandering, from bawd, bawd; see bawd.]
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